Broncos deny report about trying to trade Demaryius Thomas

A report emerged on Monday morning that the Broncos tried to deal wide receiver Demaryius Thomas before the NFL’s trade deadline. Team spokesman Patrick Smyth responded to the report on Twitter, simply labeling it “false.”

Thomas, 29, was selected by Denver in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft out of Georgia Tech. Since then he has been voted to five Pro Bowls and appeared in two Super Bowls, winning one of them.

Thomas caught 13 passes for 118 yards and a touchdown in Super Bowl XLVIII, which was a Super Bowl record at the time (Patriots running back James White broke that record with 14 receptions in last year’s Super Bowl).

The eighth-year receiver currently ranks third on the Broncos’ all-time receiving list (599) and third on the all-time receiving yards list (8,337). He is tied for second on the team’s all-time receiving touchdowns list with 55 (Shannon Sharpe also has 55 and Rod Smith has 68).

Thomas has a base salary of $8.5 million this season and $8.5 million again in 2018. His salary will jump to $14 million in 2019, the final season of a five-year, $70 million contract that he signed in 2015.